Hospitality Space Schedule and Guide

2015 Society of Counseling Psychology

Hospitality Space Schedule and Guide

For those who are new to SCP/APA and its workings, following is some information that may be helpful to you as you decide whether to attend an event in the Hospitality Space (HS) and, who each event might be for. Most events are open to all, but some are by invitation and some are for particular groups of people. If in doubt, you may ask at the HS table at APA or contact Julia Phillips at prior to convention with questions. Please note many SCP sections, special interest groups and liaison groups hold their executive board meetings and business meetings in the Hospitality Space.

For groups within SCP, business meetings are open to all to attend. Counseling psychologists and SAS members (students) and those who are interested in membership/leadership are strongly encouraged to attend business meetings. Business meetings are often the place where people get involved, become leaders, and network! Please note that the HS is closed during SCP’s business meeting so that all can attend.
For groups within SCP, executive board meetings are typically only attended by executive board members (e.g., president, chair, treasurer, etc) and those people serving in governance positions (e.g., committee chairs), although they are open to members to observe when the EB is not in executive session.
Discussions, social hours, poster sessions, roundtables, conversation hours, etc. are open to all who are interested, although some of these events are focused on or for particular populations in SCP (e.g., students, early career psychologists [ECPs], SCP members in APA governance, etc.) and this focus will be noted in the titles of the discussions.

If something looks interesting, we encourage you to attend!

Wednesday, August 5

1-5 pm, Media First Response Training, Intercontinental Center Toronto, Halliburton Room

4-10 pm, SCP Executive Board Meeting and Dinner, Northern Lights Ballroom

5-6:50 pm, CCPTP Outgoing Executive Board Meeting, Raptor Room

7-10pm, International Section Executive Board Retreat, Raptor Room

The International Section will hold our annual retreat for the Executive Board members and Committee Chairs to discuss Section business and planning for next year on Wednesday, August 5, from 7-10pm. For more information, please contact Yu-Wei Wang at .

Thursday, August 6

8-8:50 am, Practice Stakeholders Breakfast, Aurora Room

Vice President for Professional Practice, Traci Callandrillo hosts this breakfast to bring together stakeholders in practice issues, including members of the Practice Advisory Board.

8:15-8:45 am, Hospitality Space Volunteers Orientation Meeting, Blue Jays Room

This meeting is for student volunteers in the Hospitality Space to be oriented to their duties. Please attend this meeting or the Friday morning meeting. Please contact Julia Phillips at for more information.

Thursday, August 6 continued

8-9:50 am, International Scholars Welcome Breakfast Meeting, Arriba Restaurant in the Renaissance Downtown Toronto Hotel

The International Section will host the annual Welcome Breakfast meeting for international scholars, hold our annual awards ceremony, and celebrate our Section’s 10th Year Anniversary on Thursday, August 6, from 8-9:50am. Please note that this event will be held in the Arriba Restaurant within the Renaissance Downtown Toronto Hotel. For more information, please contact Yu-Wei Wang at .

9-9:50 am, Early Career Psychologists and Leadership Networking Meeting, Aurora Room

9-10:30 am, SCP Treasurers Meeting, Blue Jays Room

The SCP Treasurer will be hosting a meeting for treasurers or other folks within SCP subgroups (i.e., sections, SAS, committees) interested in financial procedures and related issues. We will focus on topics such as managing the reimbursement/disbursement process within APA, handling travel reimbursement requests, accessing/spending SCP budgeted funds, and developing a web-based dues payment process for sections. For more information about this meeting, please contact Stephen Cook at .

9-9:50 am, Section for Vocational Psychology Conversation Hour: Future Trends and Funding Opportunities, Raptor Room

10-10:50 am, Student Affiliates of Seventeen Difficult Dialogue: Conversations About Privilege, Oppression and Microaggressions, Aurora Room

10-10:50 am, Section for Vocational Psychology Conversation Hour, Raptor Room

10-11:50am, International Students Mentoring and Orientation Roundtables, Northern Lights Ballroom

The International Mentoring and Orientation Committee (IMOC) will be hosting a set of 3 roundtables designed to provide professional mentoring to international counseling psychology students as well as U.S. students interested in careers with an international focus. Below are the three roundtable topics and presenters:

Tips for Applying to Pre-Doctoral Internship
Bong Joo Hwang, Ph.D., Training Director, Arizona State University Counseling Services
Elena Yakunina, Ph.D., Staff Psychologist, University at Buffalo Counseling Services
Advice on Pursuing an Academic Career in the U.S. or Abroad
Yu-Wei Wang, Ph.D., Assistant Director/Research Director/Clinical Associate Professor, University of Maryland Counseling Center
Hanako Suzuki, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Advice on Pursuing a Practice-Oriented Career in the U.S. or Abroad
Jinhee Kang, Ph.D., Staff Psychologist, University at Maryland Counseling Center
MinJung (MJ) Doh, Ph.D, Director, International Family Counseling Center, Korea

For more information please contact Elena Yakunina at .

Thursday, August 6 continued

11-11:50 am, Assessment and Treatment of Trauma and Severe and Persistent Mental Illness: Practicing as a Counseling Psychologist, Aurora Room

The SCP Special Task Group on Therapeutic Practice invites you to dynamic Skill Building Workshops and Conversation Hours that will be delivered from a variety of experienced and knowledgeable practitioners. In addition to being practitioner focused, each program will have an intentional focus on practice that is specifically presented though a counseling psychology lens. This will be an exciting lineup of programming and we are hopeful that you will join us!

Shavonne Moore and Mary O’Leary Wiley, presenters.

11-11:50 am, Section on Ethnic and Racial Diversity Business Meeting, Blue Jays Room

12-12:50 pm, Searching for Balance and Maintaining Opportunities for Practitioner Engagementin Division 17: Reflections from Early Career Professionals, Aurora Room

Valene Augusta Whitaker and Monique Shah Kulkarni, presenters.

12-12:50 pm, Section on Ethnic and Racial Diversity Town Hall Meeting, Blue Jays Room

12-12:50 pm, New Leader Orientation, Raptor Room

President-elect Jim Lichtenberg will provide an orientation session to newly elected/appointed leaders in SCP.

12-12:50pm, International Section: Practitioners in the U.S. with International Backgrounds, Northern Lights Ballroom

International Psychology Practitioners Committee (IPPC) will be hosting an annual APA convention meeting for those who identify themselves as psychology practitioners with international background on Thursday, August 6, from 12 – 12:50 PM. The focus of the meeting will be networking with other international practitioners and also discussion on “How to Become a Leader as an International Practitioner.” For more information, please contact Bong Joo Hwang at .

1-1:50 pm, Hospitality Space Closed, Leona Tyler Address, Convention Center, 101 North Building

2-3:30 pm, SCP Members in APA Governance, Aurora Room

The SCP Governance Meeting provides an opportunity for Division 17 members who have been elected or appointed to an APA Board or Committee to come together and discuss the connections between SCP and APA and more specifically to discuss current agenda items moving through the APA governance process. This informal meeting also allows time to discuss future issues coming through the governance process and to learn about SCP members who interested in serving in the future on specific APA boards or committees. Join us to strengthen the SCP connection to APA.

Thursday, August 6 continued

2-2:50 pm, Division 17 Older Adult Special Interest Group (OASIG) Annual Meeting, Blue Jays Room

This meeting serves as a way for psychologists who are interested in work with the older adult population to connect with one another. It also serves a planning function for the SIG’s activities for the upcoming year. OASIG members and those interested in work with older adults are welcome to attend. For additional information, contact Renee’ Zucchero by email at r phone at (513) 745-3911.

2-3:50 pm, CCPTP/SCP Discussion on Master’s Training Concerns, Raptor Room

This meeting will focus on continued advocacy for masters training accreditation in the context of today’s changing landscape for our master’s graduates, best practices in master’s training programs, and collaboration and interdependence between master’s counseling programs and CP doctoral training programs. This meeting will be relevant for all CP doctoral programs regardless of whether they have a master’s training program in their colleges. If you plan to attend, please rsvp to (just so that we can make sure there is enough space in the room). This meeting is sponsored by CCPTP and SCP and will be led by Arpana Inman and Michael Mobley.

2-3:50 pm, Society for Vocational Psychology Business Meeting, Northern Lights Ballroom

4-4:50 pm, Japanese Psychologist Network, Aurora Room

The Japanese Psychologist Network (JPN), founded last year, will be hosting a meeting on Thursday, August 6 from 4-4:50 pm at Aurora Room. This meeting is for Japanese psychologists and anyone who is interested in networking with other Japanese psychologists. All are welcome! For more information, please contact Hana Suzuki, Ph.D. at .

4-4:50 pm, Positive Psychology Business Meeting, Blue Jays Room

4-4:50pm, International Section Business Meeting, Raptor Room

The International Section will hold its annual business meeting for our members and affiliates, as well as for those who are interested in joining our Section on Thursday, August 6, from 4 – 4:50 PM. For more information, please contact Yu-Wei Wang at .

4-4:50 pm, Adoption Research and Practice Special Interest Group

5-5:50 pm, Hospitality Space Closed for SCP/CCPTP Social Hour and Student Posters, Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Ballroom Convention Floor

7-9:30 pm, Counseling Psychology Synarchy, Dr. Mobley’s Presidential Suite, Intercontinental Center Toronto

Friday, August 7

8-8:50 am, Supervision and Training Section Executive Board Meeting, Blue Jays Room

8:15-8:45 am, Hospitality Space Volunteers Orientation Meeting, Raptor Room

This meeting is for student volunteers in the Hospitality Space to be oriented to their duties. Please attend this meeting or the Thursday morning meeting. Please contact Julia Phillips at for more information.

8-9:50 am, Section for the Advancement of Women Business Meeting and Champagne Breakfast, Northern Lights Ballroom

9-10:50 am, CCPTP Business Meeting, Aurora Room

9-9:50 am, Supervision and Training Section Speed Mentoring, Blue Jays Room

9-9:50 am, TCP Editorial Board Meeting, Raptor Room

10-10:50 am, Independent Practice Section Business Meeting, Raptor Room

10-10:50 am, Section for the Advancement of Women: Woman of the Year Address, Northern Lights Ballroom

11-11:50 am, Prevention Section Executive Board Meeting, Aurora Room

11 am-12:30 pm, Military Special Interest Group Annual Business Meeting, Blue Jays Room

11-11:50 am, Independent Practice Section Discussion, Raptor Room

11-11:50am, Joint International Network Meeting, Northern Lights Ballroom

Several international psychology networks (e.g., Korean Psychology Network, Japanese Psychology Network, and Taiwan Psychology Network) will be holding a joint network meeting on Friday, August 7, from 11 – 11:50 AM. For more information, please contact Yu-Wei Wang at .

12-1:50 pm, Prevention Section Business Meeting and Student Poster Session, Aurora Room

12-12:50 pm, Student Affiliates of Seventeen Discussion and Mentoring Hour: Get What You Want Out of Graduate School, Raptor Room

12-1:50 pm, More Pie Social Justice Advocacy Dialogue and Action, Northern Lights Ballroom

Please join us for theMorePieSocial Justice and Advocacy Dialogue and Action where we explore our lives as social change agents and challenge ourselves to take the next steps in our personal and professional advocacy.

Friday, August 7 continued

1-1:50 pm,Student Affiliates of Seventeen Discussion and Mentoring Hour: Combining Our Professional and Personal Identities Through Work-Life Balance, Blue Jays Room

1-1:50 pm, Honoring Our Elders Celebration, Raptor Room

Join President Mobley as the Society of Counseling Psychology honors our Elders.

2-2:50 pm, Therapeutic Practice STG: How to Start a Private Practice on the Side as a Counseling Psychologist, Aurora Room

Bong Joo Hwang and Yan Li, presenters.

2-3:50 pm, Research Forum on Latest Research in Human Animal Interaction, Blue Jays Room

2-3:50 pm, Section on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues Discussion: Discovering Our Section’s Identity, Raptor Room

2-3:50 pm, Student Affiliates of Seventeen Business Meeting and Social Hour, Northern Lights Ballroom

3-3:50 pm, Therapeutic Practice STG: Design and Provide the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Group for International Students as a Counseling Psychologist, Aurora Room

Yan Li, presenter.

4-6 pm, Hospitality Space Closed for New Fellow Addresses, Convention Center 146A

6-7 pm, Leadership Academy Reception, Dr. Mobley’s Presidential Suite, Intercontinental Center Toronto

7-8 pm, Early Career Psychologists Social Hour, Baton Rouge Restaurant, 277 Front Street West, Toronto ON M5V 2X4

Saturday, August 8

8-8:50 am, Health Psychology Section Past Chairs and Booz Black Award Winners Breakfast, Aurora Room

The Health Psychology Section will be hosting a Section Past Chairs and Booz Black Award Winners Breakfaston Saturday,August8 from 8-9 am. An email was sent out with additional information, but please join us if you have served as a Section Chair or are a Past Booz Black Award Winner in the Hospitality Space to exchange ideas and enjoy a breakfast. For more information, please contact Larra Petersen at .

8-9:50 am, CCPTP Incoming Executive Board Meeting, Blue Jays Room

8-9:50 am, Special Interest Group on Religious/Spiritual Issues Business Meeting and Posters, Raptor Room

9-9:50 am, Health Psychology Section Executive Board Meeting, Aurora Room

TheHealth Psychology Section will be hosting aSection Executive Board meetingon Saturday,August8 from 9-9:50 am.Board members should plan to attend to review Section activities and items for governance, agenda will be circulated. For more information, please contact Larra Petersen at .

9-9:50am, Korean Psychology Network Business Meeting, Northern Lights Ballroom

For more information, please contact Jinhee Kang at .

10-10:50 am, Health Psychology Section Business Meeting, Aurora Room

TheHealth Psychology Section will be hosting aSection Open Business meetingon Saturday,August8 from 10-10:50 am.All interested individuals should plan to attend to review Section activities and discuss health psychology interests. For more information, please contact Larra Petersen at .

10-11:30 am, Section on College and University Counseling Centers Business Meeting and Awards

10:00 am – 11:50 am, Korean Psychology Network Program, Northern Lights Ballroom

Korean Psychology Network (KPN) will be hosting the fourth annual APA convention meeting on Saturday, August 8, from 10 – 11:50 AM. KPN is a network of Korean/Korean American psychologists and trainees in counseling psychology or in related fields. KPN aims to help members to connect with one another in order to share support and validation of their unique issues and challenges as well as the opportunity to collaborate on professional opportunities. For more information, please contact Jinhee Kang at .

11-11:50 am, Health Psychology Section Student Interest Group, Aurora Room

TheHealth Psychology Section will be hosting aStudent Interest meetingon Saturday,August8 from 11-11:50 pm.Any students interested counseling and health psychology feel free to attend. Section members will be available to answer questions and share experiences. For more information, please contact Janelle Alabiso at .

11-11:50 am, ECP Resources Development Working Group, Blue Jays Room

The Early Career Professionals Committee will be hosting a working group on Saturday, August 8th from 11:00 to 11:50am. The working group will be continuing to generate ideas for resources to support ECPs in their professional and career development. This will build upon conversations started at NMCS, all ECPs are welcome to attend. For more information, please contact Tiffany O'Shaughnessy at

Saturday, August 8 continued

12-12:50 pm, Health Psychology Section Discussion: To Board or Not to Board: Where to Go From Here, Aurora Room

TheHealth Psychology Section will be hosting apresentation by Dr. Seime and Dr. Berg on Saturday,August8 from 12-12:50 pm.All interested individuals should plan to attend to learn more about the benefits of ABPP and boarding process. For more information, please contact Katie Schaefer at .

12-12:50 pm, Couples and Family Special Interest Group, Blue Jays Room

12-1:50 pm, Council of Specialties in Professional Psychology: The Future Direction of Specialists and Specialties, Raptor Room

Drs. Arnold (CoS), Cox (ABPP), and Siegel (ASPPB) will present three perspectives on the future of specialties and specialization. Dr. Arnold will discuss the organizational structuring of specialties across both training and practice--focusing on the APA Taxonomy for Education and Training in Professional Psychology Health Service Specialties and the 2016 Inter-organizational Specialty Summit; Dr. Cox will discuss the expansion of ABPP specialty credentialing along with the newly establishment of a Maintenance of Certification program for Board Certified specialists; and Dr. Siegel will address the increasing attention that specialization and specialties have gained within the regulation of professional psychology.